{"id":6,"date":"2022-06-14T19:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development-two.utk.edu\/graduate-council\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:51:56","slug":"graduate-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gradschool.utk.edu\/graduate-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The mission of the Graduate Council is to promote excellence in graduate education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Graduate Council establishes standards for admission, retention, and graduation; assesses curricular revisions and new proposals for graduate programs; evaluates interdisciplinary, intercollegiate and international programs; and considers new initiatives and other matters of policy pertaining to graduate programs. 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